Category Archives: Faith Debate

Blog posts for the Frederick Faith Debate.

Faith Debate: March 21st, 2021

Should Churches Be Open? First off, apologies for the snafu’s of recent weeks that kept this blog post properly updated. Second, this week’s episode is the first of two shows tackling the questions surrounding whether or not churches should open their doors (due to government lockdown orders and other considerations).  Part two will air next…read more »

Faith Debate: February 21st, 2021

Who Is This Jesus? Outside restrictions have placed on hold the regular Faith Debate roundtable discussions.  Instead, we’re airing the “Lockdown Tapes – Round Two”.  (“Round One” aired last spring.) This week we pick up where last week’s show ended and answer the question “Who is This Jesus?” through the dramatic and miraculous story of…read more »

Faith Debate: February 14th, 2021

Jesus Christ is Lord, Savior, and King Today Due to outside restrictions, the regular Faith Debate roundtable discussions have been placed on hold.  Instead, we’re airing the “Lockdown Tapes – Round Two”.  (“Round One” aired last spring.) This week we are airing a message that Troy had the privilege of preaching to a local congregation…read more »

Faith Debate: February 7th, 2021

What It Means to Be Under the Authority of Government During the past year Romans 13 has been possibly one of the most misunderstood and misapplied passages in Scripture.  Other passages, too, but especially Romans 13.  How does a follower of Christ obediently live a life subject to the governing authorities?  What are the limits…read more »

Faith Debate: January 31st, 2021

Churches Should Be Open: Yes or No There are arguments on both sides, with levels of nuance abounding.  What are the scriptural considerations?  Due to outside restrictions, the regular Faith Debate roundtable discussions have been placed on hold.  Instead, we’re airing the “Lockdown Tapes – Round Two”.  (“Round One” aired last spring.) The panel: Troy Skinner. …read more »

Faith Debate: January 24th, 2021

Christian Advice for Handling Coronavirus This show picks up where the previous show left off.  The media reports are often contradictory and the claims of “science” are ever shifting.  What is a Bible believing follower of Christ to think?  What do the stats say?  What does the Scripture say? Due to outside restrictions, our regular…read more »

Faith Debate: January 17th, 2021

The Gospel and COVID This is a sort of “bridge” episode.  The first half contains the ending to the content we began covering last week.  The second half contains the beginning of the content we will be covering next week.  Last week took an up close look at the passion of Christ, as written in…read more »

Faith Debate: January 10th, 2021

Christ’s Passion Week in Mark’s Gospel We might feel mired in difficulty as we head into a new year hoping for new beginnings.  The Christian message promises new beginnings, and these blessings came about after (and because of) days that were mired in difficulty.  This show holds reminders of this teaching, drawing attention to the…read more »

Faith Debate: January 3rd, 2021

A Faith Debate Family Meeting The “Christmas shows” of the past two weeks focused on the books of Genesis and Exodus, looking at the biblical teaching about fear versus shalom.  Now, our special series of shows continues into the New Year due to the mandated restrictions which have placed our traditional roundtable discussions on hold. …read more »

Faith Debate: December 27th, 2020

Part Two: Finding Shalom Over Fear in a Tour of Exodus Mandated restrictions have placed our traditional roundtable discussions on hold.  So, as we did for the early 2020 lockdowns, now during the late 2020 lockdowns, The Faith Debate is featuring a series of special episodes that we’re playfully calling round two of “The Lockdown…read more »